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You gotta have Shockwave and Brawn, too. And.... MORE SHOCKWAVE! ... Wouldn't mind seeing Omega Supreme either, but I've always had a thing for overkill...

Part of the armour of modern tanks is glacis sloped to deflect incoming shells. Destroids shown in Macross have almost zip for glacis, so they would be very subsceptible to modern 120mm tank shells (say from an M1A1 Abrams). That only applies to the front face. Hit an Abrams in the side or the back and it's a LOT more vulnerable. And a Spartan or a Tomahawk can move fast and nimbly enough to take advantage of this(only 2 original series mechs that are likely to go into front-line combat). And a tank looking up at a mech will HAVE to hit at an angle. Unless they're shooting at legs.

You kidding? Spam is great! ... But only when it's fried.

Yes, but we've already established that you're about as sharp as a marshmellow. Your price predictions are laughable. Your justifications are pathetic. You are inane.

Because they like seeing grown men cry.

This topic was not created to lurk for trouble. I just simply wanted to know what you MW guys would do if you had no more Macross. *scratches head* How would the totally preposterous and highly unlikely events you have sketched delete Macross from existence? That's like saying DYRL made the original TV series not exist. Anyways... this is, sadly, not the dumbest poll I have ever seen. But it certainly ranks in the top ten.

Landslide? 50/50 isn't even near it. And it's been hovering about 50/50 since shortly after creation. I'd argue that both sides are stuffing the ballot box, because it's more amusing than neither side doing it, which is the only other statistical possibility.

Says it supports analog audio inputs. If it doesn't include the cables, they're standard RCA connectors, so you can grab a pair for 10$ at MalWart. ... Provided you don't already have a dozen RCA cables of varying lengths laying around from God knows what.

Precisely. Without something capable of taking an optical digital audio feed, there's no point to having the fiberoptic cable.

Roughly twice whatever you have at the time is. It's the unwritten rule of media.

Yah. Destroids came first. I'm sure there was a good reason. Psych warfare?

*ahem* If you have an older-model GameCube, with the digital AV out, you can get component cables. 30$ from store.nintendo.com. This lets you do progressive-scan. No resolution bonuses. The XBox... supports high-res component video with the high-definition AV pack.

Is there a non-digital TV that does progressive scan?!? I'm not trying to be snotty, I'm seriously asking! I think they're all digital monitors. But still, PS2 only outputs progressive-scan analog signals. It's still possible, but less likely than on an RPTV. The RPTV CRTs are driven a lot harder/brighter in order to project a nice image on the screen. That makes them more prone to burn-in. You'd have to really abuse a CRT (IMHO) to get it to burn, I would think. . . but I'd still be careful! Yah. You usually see burn-in in old arcade machines. I'm sure yu've seen the phantom maze and Game Over on an old PacMan somewhere.

PS2 is progressive scan analog only. I've never caued burn-in on a direct-view CRT. DLP has nothing to burn. Like LCD in that respect. It uses an array of small mirrors on a microchip. Only technologies tha tuse phospors are prone to burn-in. And plasma sets drive the phosphors harder than CRTs, as I understand things. You can get darn thin DLP projectors.

And even in the original Macross the pilots had homing beacons that activated on eject(if I recall, that was how they found Hikaru after the botched Daedalus attack shot him down). ... Except there was only one successful eject in the entire series, and a second that was intercepted during liftoff, as opposed to a dozen an episode. Of course THAT was on Earth... On Earth we have gravity, not endless drifting into space. Doesn't matter. They can send retrieval units out. They fetched Hikaru, Misa, Max, and Kakzaki out of a Reguld with no homing beacon.

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And even in the original Macross the pilots had homing beacons that activated on eject(if I recall, that was how they found Hikaru after the botched Daedalus attack shot him down). ... Except there was only one successful eject in the entire series, and a second that was intercepted during liftoff, as opposed to a dozen an episode.

Plug shape, mainly. HDMI also has audio and video on the same connector, while DVI doesn't, as I understand it. Short version: jus tmake sure the stuff you buy uses the connector you have. And swear at TV manufacturers for not settling this BEFORE the last minute. DVI and HDMI transfer video data in an identical manner, in a digital format. The only difference is that HDMI also transfers audio through the same cable. Component cables transfer data in an analog format. Below is the heirachy in order of quality best to worst: 1. DVI or HDMI 2. Component 3. S-Video 4. Composite (thru RCA connections) Followed by #5: The barbarism known as an antenna terminal.

Cannon fodders(vf-11) Well... you can't find "cannon fodders" more cannon fodder then the M7 white nameless vf-11, when a missile miss a vf-17 or vf-19 you can be sure that it will hit a poor vf-11. UN should have gone for the ghost X-9.... Don't need Ghosts. The VF-11 has a working auto-eject system.

Remember, Sony created the modern paradigm of no onboard save capability. They aren't going to back off now and give up the metric buttloads of cash to be made off proprietary Flash RAM cards(MemoryStick is semi-proprietary. No one but Sony uses it, though they use it on more than the PSP, so they have to be priced somewhat more competitively).

"All local content" means that all that's broadcast is digital. http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html "Television stations serving all markets in the United States are airing digital television programming, although they still must provide analog programming until the target date set by Congress for the completion of the transition to DTV - December 31, 2006. That date may be extended, however, until most homes (85%) in an area are able to watch the DTV programming. At that point, broadcasting on the current (analog) channels will end and that spectrum will be put to other uses." Note that at the completion of the transition, which is scheduled for 12/31/2006, the analog TV part of the spectrum is redistributed for other uses. Can't do that if there's still TV on it. Not according to the FCC. Odds are they'll just issue lots of waivers. Not on the grounds that you'll have lots of digital. Just on the grounds that you won't have any analog, unless you live in a market where more than 15% of people aren't deemed capable of recieving DTV. If I recall, they consider anyone with a satellite or cable subscription as digital-ready, evne if they only own a standard NTSC set. So the % ready is higher than it appears. If the FCC rolls things back again, I will be pissed. I'm sick of promises, I want results. The waivers are bad enough. Every TV for the past few years should have had an ATSC tuner integrated into it at the factory. The FCC should be forcing TV manufacturers to integrate them at every level now. The modern digital monitor sets shouldn't even be legal.

CRT is definately the way to go if you want a smaller TV. But if you want a bigger TV, CRT sets are simply to large and heavy, and the picture seems dimmer the larger you go beyond 36" Like I said, I care more about image quality than size. And that's the big strength of CRT.

Okay, granted M7 gives a nod towards classic Sentai styled robots that a nostalgic older fan might appreciate as sort of an in-joke. But as far as I know, the Sentai aesthetic was always aimed primarily at children. I'm 99.5% sure you're right. My tastes have insisted on resisting maturity every step of the way, though.

Oddly enough, I've grown more fond of the super robot style that Mac7 uses as I've matured... If there was one thing I could change, that would be it. We REALLY don't ned a DBZ-style power meter on Basara's singing.

Within the next 5 years, analog broadcasts are supposed to be ceased completely. Current schedule is at the end of 2006, NTSC ceases to air. http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html Hence why I wouldn't even consider buying ANY TV that wasn't at leat DTV-ready. Right on, which is exactly why I'm sticking with my good old fashion 27" CRT brute, the generic $10 a month cable, and S-Video hookups until I can afford to buy a nice 42"-50" Widescreen HDTV, in either RPLCD or DLP. I'm looking forward to something like a 25" CRT. Big screens never did it for me as much as good ones. And direct-view CRT is still the best. Best contrast, best color, and best handling of multiple resolutions(especially relevant given DTV specs multiple resolutions).